intolerant

不耐症の、受け付けない

特定の食べ物や物質を体に入れると、体調が悪くなるさま。

やさしい英語で： Unable to eat a certain food or take a certain substance without becoming unwell.

• My brother is lactose intolerant.
• People who are gluten intolerant must check food labels.
• Are you intolerant to any foods?

使い方： intolerant to something (She is intolerant to lactose and avoids milk.)

類義語： allergic

反対語： tolerant

よく使う表現： lactose intolerant, gluten intolerant, intolerant to something

不寛容な、偏狭な

自分と異なる考えや信仰、生き方を持つ人を受け入れようとしないさま。

やさしい英語で： Unwilling to accept people whose ideas, beliefs, or ways of living are different from yours.

• His intolerant views upset me.
• She is intolerant of other people's beliefs.
• The group became more intolerant as its influence grew.

使い方： intolerant of someone/something (The leader was intolerant of anyone who disagreed with him.)

類義語： narrow-minded, bigoted, close-minded

反対語： tolerant, open-minded

よく使う表現： intolerant attitudes, intolerant of others, intolerant society

耐えられない、弱い

不快なことやつらいことに耐えられない、または耐えようとしないさま。

やさしい英語で： Unable or unwilling to bear something unpleasant or difficult.

• This plant is intolerant of frost.
• He grew increasingly intolerant of delays.
• Some animals are intolerant of sudden temperature changes.

使い方： intolerant of something (These plants are intolerant of extreme heat.)

類義語： sensitive, impatient

反対語： tolerant

よく使う表現： intolerant of heat, intolerant of delay, cold intolerant

偏狭な人、不寛容な人

異なる信仰や意見を持つ人を受け入れようとしない人。

やさしい英語で： A person who refuses to accept people with different beliefs or opinions.

• He was known as an intolerant.
• The writer criticized the intolerants who opposed religious freedom.
• An intolerant refuses to listen to different beliefs.

類義語： bigot

よく使う表現： a religious intolerant, an intolerant's views